The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-24
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL CITY.
Isabella Rooney Released From Serv
ing a Life Sentence.

| Isabella Rooney Released From SerV-
ing Life Sentence.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 23.--The following
Supreme Court decisions were handed down
to-day:
E. Z. Knox, administrator, vs. Edwin
Bates & Co.; from Taliaferro. Reversed.
George Short VS., the State; from Wilkes.
Reversed.
j. M. Timmons VS.. the State; from
Oconee. Affirmed.
Some prominence has recently been given
to the fact that there is only one white
woman in the Georgia penitentiary, Isabel
| la Rooney, a young woman from Clay
county, sent up for life, for murder. In
1886 quarrel arose between the Millions
and Rooneys, neighborlng families, first in
volving Mrs. Millirons, Mrs. Rooney
and her daughter Isabella. Sub
| sequentiy Willis Henderson half
brother of Isabella, and Marion
Millirons fought over it, Hudson killing
Millirons. Hudson was convicted or muir
der and hung Mrs. Rooney and Isabella
were indicted as accessories. The mother
died in Jail and Isabella was sent up for life.
The Governor pardoned Isabella to-day.
The order recites that whereas the
said Isabella Rooney was only
an accessory to the murder, and acted
under the influence of her mother, and in
obedience to a natural impulse in defending
that mother when assaulted by the man
who was murdered; and whereas her mother
has died in Jail and her brother, who did
the killing, has been hung in explatlon
of his crime, and whereas the said Isabella
Rooney is an exceedingly weak minded girl,
in fact almost an imbeclle, who Is kept by
the authorities of the convict camp in con-
finement, or under close surveillance
oil inn n
her from the damages of association out of
the white and colored convicts about her;
and whereas petition has been filed for
many months in this department, Endorsed
by the special committee of the penitentiary
of the last General Assembly, and signed by
large number of the citizens of Clay
county, including many of the county Of
ficials and the members of the jury by
whom she was convicted, and by the Rep
resentatives of the said county in the last
Legislature; and whereas the Executive
is assured that this harmless and helpless
girl, if released from the penitentiary, will
be taken in charge by good people, who will
place her under proper influences and con-
troll, therefore it is ordered that said lsa-
bella Rooney be and she is hereby pardoned
OF the offense of which she was convicted,
and that she be forthwith discharged. Isa-
bella has been at the Chattahoochee camp.
Uriah G. Fisher, serving five years for
larceny from Greene county was also par
doned to-day Since his confinement he has
been in the hospital with an incurable
chronic disease. and the pardon was
granted, on a long petition.
The special legislative appropriation of
S575 for Georgia bond No. 349 and the cou-
pons of the issue of 1852, which matured in
1872, was paid by the Treasurer to-day. The
bond was not presented at maturity. but by
mistake was marked paid on the Treasury
books. Nearly every Legislature since has
been asked to pay it,
Eight Confederate survivors disabled in
arm or leg were paid off to-day under the
new law.
The Adjutant General has received and
accepted the resignation of N. d. Landrum,
Second Lieutenant of the Sylvania Rifles.
Since the registration closed large num-
bers of printed lists have been circulated
over town purporting to be accurate lists of
registered voters. They abound in inaccu-
racies and omissions, and created great
deal Of excitement and indignation, which
threatened trouble Saturday
Representatives of both sides met with
County Commissioners and Registrars to-
day and reached basis of agreement about
the registration, which largely removes the
| apprehension of trouble 1t is found, more
| over, that few of the inaccuracies COM
planned of appear on the official lists.